Non-winner Belmonte takes down ESPY as ‘Best Bowler’

Pete Weber has never won the PBA Player of the Year award, yet he twice has won the ESPY as “Best Bowler.” That tells you what you need to know about the significance of the ESPN awards.

Jason Belmonte, who failed to win a PBA tournament (unless you count the Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational), was awarded the latest ESPY last night as “Best Bowler” in a voting of the fans.

Belmonte beat out ESPN-nominated PBA Player of the Year Mika Koivuniemi, Chris Barnes and Bill O’Neill as the award’s 18th winner, although only seven different bowlers have won (Walter Ray Williams Jr. seven times, Norm Duke five, Weber twice along with Parker Bohn III, Bob Learn Jr. and Mike Aulby).